Improvement in lamp-burners



A. TA PLIN.

Lamp Burner.

Patented Jan. 24, 1871.

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ALVIN TAPLIN, 'OF FORESTVILLE, ASS IGNOR TO THE BRISTOL BRASS 'ANDCLOCKCOMPANY,.OF BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent No. 111,274, dated January 24, 1871,

IMPROVEMENT IN LAMP-BURNERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may conceril 7 Be it known that I, ALVIN TAPL N, ofForestville, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, haveinvented a .new and useful Improvement in Lamp-Burners; of which the.foilowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being badto the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, and inwhich- Figure 1 represents a plan; and

Figure 2, a vertical section of a lampsburner constructed in. accordancewith my improvement. I

Figure 3 is a plan of the cap plate or body and cone of the deflectordetached; and V Figure 4, a plan of an independent slitted and elasticunder plate, for use in combination with said upper or body and coneplate.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. My invention,which is'here shown as'applied to a sun-burnei',-consists in theconstruction of the deflector in two parts or pieces, that is to say, ofan upper or body and coneplate that mayrnade ofany desired strength orstifl'ness without regard to the fit of the chimney, and of anindependent and elastic under plate fringed or slit at its edges whichproject beyond the edges of the upper plate to provide for its expansionand contract-ion and fit of different sized chimneys over it.

By this construction. the body and cone of the deflector may be of agiven and tolerably stout thickness of metal, while its circumferentialportion may be of thinner metal and so have the necessary elasticity toprovide for its contact with the chimney, and the radial slits'made init are arranged under cover, for the interior "portions of their length,by the upper plate orbody of the deflector, which admits of a very openconstructionof the slitted portion without allowiug of a too free supplyof air through the slits. Additional strength is also obtained; and

The invention further consists in a peculiar 0011-. struction of theunder or elastic plate of the deflector, which is made to clip thewick-tube on opposite sides and whereby the deflector is stayedlaterally and the conduce to the strength and durability of thestructure, while the under plate or ring D which is of larger diameter,so as to extend beyond the upperplate and establish contact. with thechimneyas the latter is fitted over it, may be of thinner metal to"obtain for it or its wings I), as formed by radial slits c in it, thatdesirable elasticity which" will provide in a soft and easymanner forthe fit of the chimney over the deflector, and for its accomodatingitself to differentsized chimneys.

Said slits c, which also serve to allow of air passing throughthem tothe improvement of the light, when such supply is not too copious, maybemade free or large, thereby adding to the elasticity of the wings andpreventing their contact without giving a too free supply, of air byreason of the inner portions of said slits being under cover of theupper plate D. 1 The under plate D also serves to stiffen the body andcone plate D, and maybe united therewith bygrooving, as at (Z d, and bythe rails or posts E, which connect the baseAwith the deflector, and tiethe structure in a vertical direction, as it were.

'lo tie or bind. it laterally as well, I forur the under deflector-plateD with oppositely-arranged interior clips or slotted projections ff,which fit' on .or over the opposite edges of the wick-tube C, thusuniting the deflector with the wick-tube near its top andstaying both. i

What is here claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-,i

1. The deflector, composed of two plates, the upper one, D, of whichforms its body and the cone, while the under and elastic plate, 1), oflarger diameter, is slitted to form wings I) at its periphery, with therear portions of the slits undercover of the upper plate,

.substzintially as specified.

2. The slotted and elastic deflector-plate 1), constructed with clipsor' slotted projections f f, ar-

ranged to fit opposite edges of the wick-tube,- essentiallyas and forthe purpose or purposes herein set forth.

. ALVIN v TAPLIN.

Witnesses: DAN. A. MILLER, CHAUNoY- Goomncn.

